Human trafficking and sex slavery deny freedom to 24.9 million people around the world. It’s an incredibly lucrative, multi-billion dollar criminal enterprise that “sells” people over and over for profit.

For law enforcement officers, it’s difficult to identify victims and then get them to cooperate in order to determine who is forcing or coercing them into human trafficking rings.

American Military University’s Dr. Michael Pittaro joins In Public Safety’s Leischen Kranick to discuss what law enforcement is doing to combat human trafficking; the challenges local, state, and federal agencies continue to face; and what more can be done to reduce human trafficking both domestically and internationally.

About American Military University

AMU is the nation’s largest provider of online higher education to the U.S. military, and offers more than 190 degree and certificate programs including Homeland Security, Intelligence Studies, Emergency & Disaster Management, Criminal Justice, and more.